Eligibility

The Honorary Membership is conferred by the Council on an individual in recognition
of his/ her outstanding contributions related to the objectives of ISSS, irrespective
of his/ her membership of the ISSS and his/ her nationality.

Platnium Jublee Commemoration Award

1. Dr. J.S. Samra

2. Dr. P.N. Takkar

3. Dr. D.K. Pal

4. Dr. S.K. Sanyal

5. Dr. A.K. Sarkar

6. Dr. J.C. Tarafdar

7. Dr. A. Padma Raju

8. Dr. B.S. Dwivedi and Dr. Biswapati Mandal

Eligibility

The Platinum Jubilee Commemoration Award is conferred by the Council on an individual in recognition of his/ her outstanding contributions related to the objectives of ISSS, irrespective of his/ her membership of the ISSS and his/ her nationality.

Fellows of Indian Society of Soil Science

1986

1.

Dr. I.P. Abrol, New Delhi

2

Dr. N.N. Goswami, New Delhi

3

Dr. L.N. Mandal, Kalyani

4

Dr. N. Panda, Bhubaneswar

5.

Dr. S.S. Prihar, Ludhiana

6

Dr. G.S. Sekhon, Ludhiana

7

Dr. Mahendra Singh, New Delhi

8

Dr. N.T. Singh, Ludhiana

9

Dr. S.B. Varade, Aurangabad

1987

10

Dr. S.S. Khanna, New Delhi

11

Dr. S.B. Sinha, Jabalpur

12

Dr. T.N. Choudhary, New Delhi

13

Dr. T.G. Sastry (Deceased), New Delhi

1988

14

Shri Y.P. Bali (Deceased), New Delhi

15

Dr. O.P. Meelu, Ludhiana

16

Dr. P.N. Takkar, New Delhi

17

Dr. U.S. Sreeramulu, Coimbatore

1989

18

Dr. Raj Pal, Hisar

19

Dr. G.V. Kothandaraman, Coimbatore

20

Dr. K.N. Tiwari, Gurgaon

21

. Dr. R. Sakal, Pusa

1990

22

Dr. S.K. De Datta, Blacksburg (USA)

23

Dr. R.P. Dhir, Jodhpur

24

Dr. D.L. Deb, New Delhi

25

Dr. D.K. Das, New Delhi

1991

26

Dr. M.S. Bajwa, Ludhiana

27

Dr. I.V. Subbarao, Hyderabad

28

Dr. Ranjodh Singh, Palampur

29

Dr. P.K. Chhonkar, New Delhi

1992

30

Dr. Gautam Dev, Ludhiana

31

Dr. Chakrapani Misra, Bhubaneswar

32

Dr. Ram K. Gupta, Jabalpur

33

Dr. S.R. Poonia, Hisar

1993

34

Dr. N.S. Pasricha, Gurgaon

35

Dr. Dr. C.L. Acharya, Bhopal

36

Dr. B.S. Sandhu, Ludhiana

37

Dr. H.R. Manchanda, Hisar

1994

38

Dr. S.K. Mohanty, Cuttack

1995

39

Dr. S.M. Virmani, Hyderabad

40

Dr. S.K. Gupta, Kolkata

41

Dr. Y.N. Rao, Nelakondapalli (AP)

1996

42

Dr. R.P. Agrawal, Hisar

43

Mr. Y.P. Kalra, Edmonton (Canada)

44

Dr. M.S. Patel, Mehsana

45

Dr. G.U. Malewar, Parbhani

1997

46

Dr. S.K. Ghosh, New Delhi

47

Dr. J.C. Katyal, Hyderabad

1998

48

Dr. V.S. Tomar, Sehore

49

Dr. V.K. Nayyar, Ludhiana

50

Dr. K.R. Sonar, Ahemadnagar

51

Dr. G. Narayanasamy, New Delhi

1999

52

Dr. S.K. Banerjee, Jabalpur

53

Dr. A.P. Gupta, Hisar

54

Dr. Kunal Ghosh, Kolkata

55

Dr. A.K. Singh, New Delhi

2000

56

Dr. Bijay Singh, Ludhiana

57

Dr. R.K. Rattan, New Delhi

58

Dr. J.S. Samra, New Delhi

59

Dr. M.S. Aulakh, Ludhiana

2001

60

Dr. D.K. Pal, Nagpur

61

Dr. S.K. Sanyal, Kolkata

62

Dr. M.S. Brar, Ludhiana

63

Dr. N.K. Tomar, Hisar

2002

64

Dr. Anand Swarup, Karnal

65

Dr. Sandipta Kar, Kharagpur

66

Dr. P.S. Minhas, Karnal

67

Dr. J.C. Tarafdar, Jodhpur

2003

68

Dr. P. Singaram, Coimbatore

69

Dr. D.L.N. Rao, Bhopal

70

Dr. Dipak Sarkar, Kolkata

71

Dr. C.L. Arora, Ludhiana

2004

72

Dr. R. Krishnasamy, Coimbatore

73

Dr. A.K. Sarkar, Ranchi

74

Dr. A. Sreenivasa Raju, Hyderabad

75

Dr. A. Subba Rao, Bhopal

2005

76

Dr. Yadvinder-Singh, Ludhiana

77

Dr. S.C. Mehta, Hisar

78

Dr. K.S. Dhillon, Ludhiana

2006

79

Dr. Biswapati Mandal, Kalyani

80

Dr. D.D. Patra, Lucknow

81

Dr. Viraj Beri, Ludhiana

82

Dr. Abdul Rashid, Islamabad

2007

83

Dr. Tapas Bhattacharya, Nagpur

84

Dr. P.D. Sharma, New Delhi

85

Dr. I.M. Chhibba, Ludhiana

86

Dr. Dhyan Singh, New Delhi

2008

87

Dr. Pradeep K. Sharma, Palampur

88

Dr. D.K. Benbi, Ludhiana

89

Dr. S.C. Kotur, Bangalore

90

Dr. B.D. Sharma, Ludhiana

2009

91

Dr. K.S. Dadhwal, Dehradun

92

Dr. M.C. Manna, Bhopal

93

Dr. K.L. Sharma, Hyderabad

94

Dr. S.S. Tomar, Jabalpur

2010

95

Dr. G.S. Dasog, Dharwad

96

Dr. A.K. Srivastava, Nagpur

97

Dr Muneshwar Singh, Bhopal

98

Dr. B.K. Bandyopadhyay, Canning Town

2011

99

Dr. Ravender Singh, New Delhi

100

Dr. Ch. Srinivasa Rao, Hyderabad

101

Dr. D.R. Biswas, New Delhi

102

Dr. D.K. Das, Kalyani

2012

103

Dr. G.V. Lakshmi, Bapatla

104

Dr. Samaresh Kundu, Bhopal

105

Dr. Surendra Singh, Varanasi

106

Dr. Praveen Kumar, Jodhpur

2013

107

Dr. A.K. Patra, New Delhi

108

Dr. S.K. Chaudhari, Karnal

109

Dr. Jagdish Prasad, Nagpur

2014

--

2015

110.

Dr. A.N. Ganeshamurthy, Bangalore

111.

Dr. B.S. Dwivedi, New Delhi

112.

Dr. Satish Kumar Singh, Varanasi

113.

Dr. C.A. Srinivasamurthy, Bangalore

2016

114.

Dr. S.S. Kukal, Ludhiana

115.

Dr. S.C. Datta, New Delhi

116.

Dr. H.S. Thind, Ludhiana

117.

Dr. K.M. Manjaiah, New Delhi

2017

118.

Dr. A.K. Biswas, Bhopal

119.

Dr. Dilip Kumar Kundu, Barrackpore

120.

Dr. Gouranga Kar, Bhubaneswar

121.

Dr. Kishorbhai P. Patel, Anand

2018

122.

Dr. K.S. Reddy, Hyderabad

123.

Dr. B.S. Brar, Ludhiana

124.

Dr. Kaushik Majumdar, Gurugram

125.

Dr. Madhumita Das, Bhubaneswar

Eligibility

For nomination of the Fellowship, an individual must have been a sustaining Life
Member or Member (not in arrears of subscription) for at least ten consecutive years.
The nomination (six copies) will be made in each case at least by TWO Honorary Members/
Fellows in the prescribed proforma (obtainable from ISSS office or linked below).
In a year, a Honorary Member/ Fellow can make not more than ONE nomination. Nomination
once made shall remain valid for three years. The newly inducted Fellows shall be
formally admitted at the Annual Convention and presented with a citation. For the
year -------- the last date for receiving the nominations in the prescribed proforma
at the Society’s office is ------.

Recipients of the 12th International Congress of Soil Science Commemoration Award

Year

Name

Year

Name

Year

Name

1986

Dr. P.N. Takkar

1994

Dr. S.K. Sanyal

2002

Dr. Tapas Bhattacharyya

1987

Dr. D.K. Das

1995

Dr. M.S. Aulakh

2003

Dr. (Ms.) Chitralekha Chatterjee

1988

Dr. Gautam Dev

1996

Dr. Anand Swarup

2004

Dr. Biswapati Mandal

1989

Dr. C.L. Acharya

1997

Dr. D.K. Pal

2005

Dr. D.D. Patra

1990

Dr. B. Prasad

1998

Dr. P.S. Minhas

2006

Dr. M.C. Manna

1991

Dr. N.K. Tomar

1999

Dr. M.S. Brar

2007

Dr. S. Adhikari

1992

Dr. Kunal Ghosh

2000

Dr. D.L.N. Rao

2008

Not awarded

1993

Dr. P.S. Sidhu

2001

Dr. A.V. Rao

2009

Dr. Suresh Kumar Chaudhari

2010

Dr. D.K. Kundu

2011

Dr. S.P. Datta

2012

Dr. S.S. Kukal

2013

Dr. K. Sammi Reddy

2014

Dr. Tapan Adhikari

2015

Dr. K.K. Bandyopadhyay

2016

Dr. Pradip Dey

2017

Dr. D. Damodar Reddy

2018

Dr. Sanjib K. Behera

Eligibility

Applications for the Twelfth International Congress Commemoration Award
are invited in the prescribed proforma (obtainable from ISSS office or linked below)
from the members of the ISSS, irrespective of age for this award. Each applicant
is required to furnish six copies of the application complete in all respect, giving
evidence of creating a school of research, providing leadership and/ or making independent
outstanding contribution in any branch of Soil Science.

The Awardee shall be honoured with a gold-plated medal and a citation at the Annual
Convention of ISSS. For the year ------- the last date of receiving the applications
in the prescribed proforma complete in all respects in the headquarters of the Society
is -----

ISSS–Dr. J.S.P. Yadav Memorial Award for Excellence in Soil Science

2011
1. Drs B.S. Dwivedi, V.K. Singh and Arvind K. Shukla

2012
2. Drs A.K. Biswas, K.M. Hati, S. Ramana and A.B. Singh

2013
3. Drs Anil R. Chinchmalatpure, A.K. Nayak and G. Gururaja Rao

2014
4. Drs. N.P.S. Yaduvanshi and D.R. Sharma

2015
5. Drs. Rajeev Srivastava and M.S.S. Nagaraju

2016
6. Drs. Pramod Jha, Brij Lal Lakaria and Ritesh Saha

2017
7. Dr. Sanjay Arora

2018
8. Dr. O.P. Choudhary

Eligibility

Applications for the ISSS–Dr. J.S.P. Yadav Memorial Award for Excellence in Soil Science are invited in the
prescribed proforma (obtainable from ISSS office or downloadable from http://isss-india.org/images/doc_file/Dryadav.pdf)from the
members of the ISSS or the team in the area of basic/ applied aspects of soil science for sustainable high productivity.
In case of the team one of the members shall be the active member of the ISSS. Each applicant is required to furnish
six copies of the application complete in all respects, giving a concise account (not more than 500 words) of the work supported by a documentary evidence of the excellence of the work by the best five original research papers published in not less than three different peer-review journals of repute, and also a brief description of (a) products developed and patent(s) granted/ commercialized, and (b) viable technologies developed in India or any other well-recognized international organization based in India.

The Awardee shall be honoured with a gold-plated medal and a citation at the Annual Convention of ISSS. For the year ------- the last date of receiving the applications in the prescribed proforma complete in all respects in the headquarters of the Society is -----

Prof. Sant Singh Memorial Award for Excellence in Education and Research in Soil
Science

2015
1. Dr. V.R. Ramakrishna Parama

2016
2. Dr. N.B. Prakash

2017
3. Dr. M.V.S. Naidu

2018
4. Dr. P.P. Mahendran

Eligibility

Applications for the Prof. Sant Singh Memorial Award for Excellence in Education and
Research in Soil Science are invited in the prescribed proforma (obtainable from ISSS office or downloadable from http://isss-india.org/images/doc_file/Profsingh.pdf)
from the members of the ISSS. Each applicant is required to furnish six copies of the application complete in all respects, giving a
concise account of the work (not more than 500 words each for teaching and research) supported by documentary evidence in the form of:
(a) For the assessment of teaching: A certificate from Dean/Director of the Faculty/Institute authenticating contribution of the applicant
in development /revision of course curriculum, copies of teaching materials like books, book chapters, manuals, models, bulletins, technical folders,
e-courses, e-lectures developed, list of courses taught at UG/PG levels, number of M.Sc. and Ph.D. students supervised and quality of students/human
resources as evident by their placements; and (b) For the assessment of research: Best five original research papers published in not less than three different peer-review journals of repute.

The Golden Jubilee Commemoration Young Scientist Award

Year

Name

Year

Name

Year

Name

1988

Dr. Pradeep K. Sharma

1995

-

2002

Dr. K. Sammi Reddy

1989

-

1996

-

2003

Dr. (Ms.) T.R. Rupa

1990

Dr. A.N. Ganeshamurthy

1997

Dr. Ch. Srinivasa Rao

2004

Dr. Tapan Adhikari

1991

Dr. Biswapati Mandal

1998

Dr. Himanshu Pathak

2005

Dr. Arvind Kumar Shukla

1992

Dr. R.M. Bhagat

1999

Dr. R. Dinesh

2006

Dr. K.M. Hati

1993

-

2000

Dr. Vinod Kumar Phogat

2007

Dr. Gouranga Kar

1994

Dr. O.P. Choudhary

2001

Dr. D. Damodar Reddy

2008

Dr. Manoranjan Mohanty

2009

Dr. Uttam Kumar Mandal

2010

Dr. Ranjan Bhattacharyya

2011

Dr. Pramod Jha

2012

Dr. Ritesh Saha

2013

Dr. N.K. Lenka

2014

Dr. Sanjib K. Behera

2015

Dr. M.C. Meena

2016

Dr. S.K. Datta

2017

Dr. Biraj Bandhu Basak

2018

Dr. Mohammad Shaihid

Eligibility

The Golden Jubilee Commemoration Young Scientist Award, given annually to an individual
in recognition of his/ her professional contributions in Soil Science, is open to
members of the ISSS who are not more than 40 years of age as on 31st December of
that year. The work done for any degree or diploma by the applicant shall not be
considered within the purview of the contributions in judging the award. Eligible
members of the ISSS can apply (six copies complete sets) for this award in the prescribed
proforma (obtainable from ISSS office or linked below). The awardee shall be honoured
with a gold-plated medal and a citation at the Annual Convention. For the year -----
the last date of receipt of applications in the prescribed proforma complete in
all respects in the headquarters of the Society is ------.

ISSS Best Doctoral Research Presentation Award

Eligibility

A recipient of Doctoral degree in Soil Science, irrespective of age and membership
of ISSS is eligible to apply for this award in the prescribed proforma (obtainable
from ISSS office or linked below). For the year 2009, that person should have either
completed all the requirements so as to become eligible for the award of Doctoral
degree (or received Doctoral degree) of a University (recognized by the University
Grants Commission) or an Institute/ Organization (conferred with the status of 'Deemed
to be University' in India) any time between 1st July 2008 and 30th June 2009 (both
days inclusive).

The Indian Society of Soil Science Zonal Awards

Eligibility

This contest is open to candidates in India, irrespective of the fact whether they
are members of the ISSS or not, but fulfilling the following essential requirements.
* Must be a Master's degree holder in Soil Science from a recognized university
or an institute/ organization deemed to be university in India.
* Must have specialized in Soil Science and/ or Agricultural Chemistry at the Master's
degree level.
* Must have submitted a Thesis/ Dissertation in partial/ full requirement of the
Master's degree.
* Must have completed all the requirements so as to become eligible for the award
of Master's degree or received the Master's degree any time during the period from
1st July 2008 to 30th June 2009 (both days inclusive) for the year 2009.
The intending applicants are required to submit their applications in the prescribed
proforma (supplied by ISSS office on request or linked below) to ISSS for the year
2009 on or before 4th August 2009. The contestants shall be required to make available
a copy of their theses/ dissertations to the Judging Committee at the time of contest
for consultation.

Dr. S.P. Raychaudhuri Gold Medal

The lecture instituted in 1990 out of a donation received by ISSS will be arranged
by a Chapter of ISSS as identified by the Council each year. The Chapter so identified
will select the Speaker in consultation with President and Secretary of ISSS; fix
the date, time and venue of lecture and arrange for the boarding and lodging of
the speaker. Travelling allowance to the Speaker can be paid by the Chapter, provided
it is certified by the Speaker that the same is not claimed from any other source.
To meet expenses financial support as fixed by the Council will be given by the
ISSS to the Organizing Chapter.

Best Poster Presentation Awards

To encourage and foster competition and to recognize excellence in poster presentations
made in the Annual Convention of ISSS, not more than three “Best Poster Presentation
Awards” is given in a year on the recommendation of a judging Committee constituted
for this purpose during the Annual Convention itself.